make sure it is synthetic. We could argue about brands all day but synthetic oil is more stable than dino oil. they do better in extreme heat and cold. if you did use cheaper dino oil i would say the drain interval would be much shorter so it wouldn't be that much of a savings, and why risk it.

Thanks for the reply, ill make sure to use full synthetic only

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I'm going to use a very simple analogy, I hope you'll understand.
Driving is like having sex.
It really is. You can read up all you want about how to please a woman, you can look at all the diagrams in the world, but just like the clitoris, you won't know what the hell an apex is before you actually find it.

GoRomeo, I just finished this job yesterday for the first time and the only scary part is jacking up the car. It's actually quite easy to do this given you have the right tools and have turned a wrench before. I recommend having a friend around to assist with putting the car on jack stands though.

Thanks for the article i baes most of my work on it. I over tensioned the fill plug and now the outside ring of the plug snapped off and i need a new plug and crusher washer. Should i get a new plug or seal the outside with silicone?

Also did this one over the weekend and tried using an oil suction gun rather than a transfer pump, and that made it tough to get all of the fluid out because the drain hole is angled up and you need to get about 3 or 4" below that level. Sure, I could've run out to the store and bought more hose or an elbow but I made due:

Took an old metal tent stake and bent it like a "C" and inserted that into the tubing. The stake wasn't going to fall out but I cable tied one bend for insurance. I was able to suck out all the nasty, old gear oil in 3 pumps using that setup.

Putting it back in was also a little tricky since the suction gun doesn't evacuate all the fluid in the tubing if it's facing up at an angle and fighting gravity. I would recommend a transfer pump for this job unless you just like making things difficult.

Last note, I agree with a previous poster that the plug was a lot harder to get off than the 60 Nm I applied to torque it back on. Maybe it was just from 6 years of not being opened?

Great DIY, but yes, dangerous setup no doubt. Get you some $25-35 jack stands and use the hydraulic jack if you want in the middle of the car just as an added support. I usually just snug it up after the car is on all 4 jack stands.

Well, I finally got around to doing this at 92k... and my 14mm hex socket just spins around, the bolt is way bigger than that. WTF. Nothing worse than prepping for a job and realizing you wasted 30 minutes because you have the wrong (albeit suggested) part...

I recently developed a howling sound emitting which I am sure it's the differential . I looked under and I see dried oil dirt residue on the bottom part if the cover and to the front (not back as you would think it would ). Could it be leaking ? I am getting me a socket to check fluid as it could be low and this is why the sound? Any ideas ? Thoughts?